First aid obligations for:

Forestry

Forestry is New Zealand's highest-risk industry. Heavy machinery, chainsaws, felling, steep terrain and remote sites mean injuries can be severe and help is often far away — so strong first aid capability is critical, not optional.

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Typical hazards

Forestry work involves chainsaws, heavy machinery, falling trees and logs, steep and unstable ground, and the potential for severe trauma if something goes wrong. Crews are usually remote, and evacuation can take a long time.

Trained First Aiders

Forestry crews need first aiders trained to manage major trauma — severe bleeding, crush and chainsaw injuries — and to hold a patient stable until help arrives. Every crew on site should have trained cover within reach.

First aid kits

Kits must be trauma-focused — tourniquets, trauma dressings, splints and burn care — and located at the worksite and on machines, not back at the depot. They should be checked and restocked regularly.

AEDs

Remote, physically demanding sites a long way from an ambulance make an on-site AED well worth having, so a cardiac arrest can be treated immediately rather than waiting for help to arrive.

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The surest way to get this right is a proper assessment of your own site. First Aid Check’s free assessment is built on current NZ first aid regulations, best-practice first-aider ratios and ACC industry risk categories — so your result reflects the rules and your real risk, not a generic rule of thumb. A few minutes gives you a personalised report you can act on.

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